A burnt-out white van has been cordoned off on the A726 towards the St James interchange after it caught fire earlier this morning. Motorists reported seeing smoke coming from
New plaque commemorates Johnstone educator, musician and radical
Commemorative plaque had been installed at Johnstone Town Hall. John Fraser1794-1879, was famed for his involvement in the Radical Rising of 1820, where he, along with a number of other ‘radicals’, was tried for treason, following a week of strikes and unrest throughout Scotland.